lithium

From New Latin lithium, from lithia (in reference to Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”)) + -ium.

• enPR: lĭth'ēəm, IPA^(key): /ˈlɪθi.əm/

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lithium (countable and uncountable, plural lithiums)

1. (uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3.
   • 2019, George Monbiot, Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out in the Guardian.

     Already, beautiful places are being wrecked by an electric vehicle resource rush. Lithium mining, for example, is now poisoning rivers and depleting groundwater from Tibet to Bolivia.

2. (pharmacology, uncountable) Lithium carbonate or other preparations of lithium metal used to treat manic depression and bipolar disorders.
3. A lithium battery.

lithium n

1. lithium

lithium

1. Alternative spelling of litium
   • 2015, Peter C. Gøtzsche, Dødelig psykiatri og organiseret fornægtelse, Art People →ISBN

     Lithium er meget giftigt, og dets serumkoncentration skal overvåges.

   • 2006, Bogen Om Grundstofferne, Gyldendal Uddannelse →ISBN, page 16

     Batteriet i pacemakeren indeholder i de fleste tilfælde grundstoffet lithium.

   • 1862, Tidsskrift for physik og chemi samt disse videnskabers anvendelse, page 6

     Idet nu Kalium , Lithium og Barium efterhaanden forflygtigedes, forsvandt deres Farvelinier i den angivne Rækkefølge , ...

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lithium n (uncountable)

1. lithium

• IPA^(key): /li.tjɔm/

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lithium m (uncountable)

1. lithium

• “lithium” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

lithium (uncountable)

1. lithium

From Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.tʰi.um/, [ˈlɪ.tʰi.ũ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ti.um/, [ˈliː.ti.um]

lithium n (genitive lithiī); second declension

1. (New Latin, chemistry) lithium

Second declension.